Summary
Michael Olden is a Sr. Principal Consultant with a decade of hands-on experience securing and modernizing enterprise messaging and identity systems, currently leading professional services at Proofpoint from Texas. He combines deep expertise in O365/Exchange Online, Azure AD, Microsoft Graph API, and on-prem Active Directory/Exchange migrations with practical skills in Splunk log collection, SMTP protocols, and automation using PowerShell, Python and Perl. His background includes large-scale AD and Exchange upgrades, DAG-based disaster recovery, and regulatory-focused Proofpoint gateway deployments for sensitive data protection. Certified in CompTIA Security+, he blends operational rigor with security-minded architecture and has repeatedly moved teams from legacy stacks to cloud-first email security. A former systems administrator comfortable modifying application code when needed, he brings a pragmatic, hands-on approach to complex cross-platform environments.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Associates Degree, Computer Science, Associates Degree, Computer Science at ITT Technical Institute